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Lenten Mission

Lenten Mission

“From Brokeness to Communion: A Lenten Journey with the Sacred Heart”

Feeling worn out or distant from God? This Lent, take time to reconnect with His love!

Life can leave us feeling broken, weary, and distant from God—but His love always calls us home. Join Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, for a three-night Lenten mission of hope, healing, and renewal. Through powerful stories, Scripture, and reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Eucharist, and God’s mercy, discover how Christ meets us in our brokenness and invites us into deeper communion with Him. Come as you are and be refreshed in His love!

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 **Dates: March 24, 25, 26, 2025 @ 7 PM

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 **Location: St. Mary Immaculate Church

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 **Come as you are and be refreshed in His love!**

Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, author, and speaker who serves as the national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network. He has led retreats for people from all walks of life—priests, college students, young adults, and even prisoners. His engaging and down-to-earth approach makes the love of Christ tangible and personal. A featured speaker on the Hallow app and EWTN, he is also the author of Love Him Ever More and Abide in the Heart of Christ.

Fr Joe Laramie SJ

is the national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network [Apostleship of Prayer]—a 175-year-old spiritual mission uniting hearts to the Heart of Jesus in the heart of the Church.

He lives at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He served as a Eucharistic Preacher for the National Eucharistic Revival. He has led retreats for priests and seminarians in Denver, Houston, Orlando, St Louis and Chicago—as well as retreats for college students, women, young adults and prisoners. He previously taught at two all-boys high schools, served as a college campus minister, and ministered in Mayan villages in Belize. He has been featured on the Hallow app, EWTN, Busted Halo, & in America magazine.

He is the author of two books:
Love Him Ever More: a 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola Abide in the Heart of Christ: a 10-Day Personal Retreat with St Ignatius Loyola, based on the Spiritual Exercises [Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame; 2022 & 2019]

*Winner, silver medal, national Catholic book award in spirituality

More info: PopesPrayerUSA.net/ @PopesPrayerUSA
JoeLaramieSJ.com @JoeLaramieSJ

Lent & Easter Schedule 2025

Please note that the parish offices will be closed at noon on Holy Thursday, April 17, and remain closed through the week after Easter Sunday (April 21-25). They will reopen on April 28.

6:00 pm • Confessions
7:00 pm • English Stations in Church
7:00 pm • Polish Stations in Cana
7:30 pm • Spanish Stations in Church

1:30 pm • until all are heard

7:30 am • English Mass in Church
9:00 am • English Mass in Church (Live Streamed)
9:00 am • Polish Mass in Cana
10:45 am • English Mass in Church
11:00 am • Spanish Mass in Gym
12:15 pm • English Mass in Church
12:30 pm • Spanish Mass in Gym

9:00 am • Morning Prayer (Live Streamed)
7:00 pm • Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Live Streamed)

9:00 am • Morning Prayer (Live Streamed)
12:00 pm • Ecumenical Service (Live Streamed)
3:00 pm • Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
6:00 pm • Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in Polish (Cana)
7:00 pm • Living Stations (Church)
7:00 pm • Viacrucis (Gym)

9:00 am • Morning Prayer (Live Streamed)
Noon • Blessing of Baskets – English
1:00 pm • Blessing of Baskets – Polish
8:00 pm • Easter Vigil (Live Streamed)

April 20th, Easter Sunday

7:30 am • English in Church
9:00 am • English in Church (Live Streamed)
9:00 am • English in Gym
9:00 am • Polish in Cana
10:45 am • English in Church (Live Streamed)
10:50 am • English Cana
11:00 am • Spanish in Gym
12:30 pm • English in Church
12:30 pm • Spanish in Gym

April 27th, Divine Mercy Sunday

2:00 pm • Confessions
3:00 pm • Divine Mercy Service

St. Mary Cemetery Cleanup (NEW RULES)

To prepare St. Mary Immaculate Cemetery for the spring and summer season, we are asking if you wish to save your winter arrangements, please remove them on or before Friday, March 28th, 2025. Any items left will be removed.

For review, here are the guidelines for decoration placement in the cemetery:

  1. Artificial decorations are permitted.
  2. Natural flowers must be in plastic containers, clay pots, or planted in front of the marker. They may NOT exceed the width of the marker or extend farther than 12 inches out in front of the marker.
  3. Shepherd’s hooks are permitted.
  4. Statues are NOT permitted.
  5. Glass containers are NOT permitted.
  6. Plants and decorations are NOT permitted on the sides or in the back of the marker.
  7. Bushes, trees, and evergreens are NOT permitted.
  8. Stones or rocks are NOT permitted on or around the grave.
  9. Outlining of the graves or markers with stripping border, metal frames, or stones is NOT permitted.
  10. Please refrain from placing decorations on or around the Columbarium.
  11. Items that are placed on or around the marker/columbarium that are not permitted will be disposed of.

We regret that we cannot guarantee decorations from damage or disappearance.

If you have any questions, please contact the cemetery office at 815-436-2651 ext. 860.

FRIDAY FISH FRY

Knights of Columbus & Friends of the
Good Shepherd Council #5573

St. Mary Immaculate Parish Gym

15629 S. Rt. 59, Plainfield

March 7, 14, 21, & 28
April 4 & 11
DINE IN OR CARRY OUT

MENU

Shrimp Dinner – 6 pc – $14.00
Extra Large Cod Dinner – 3 pc – $14.50
Large Cod Dinner – 2 pc – $11.50
Small Cod Dinner – 1 pc – $8.25
Combo – 3 pc Shrimp & 1 pc Cod – $14.00
Fish Taco Platter – $11.00
Cod Fish Sandwich Platter – $8.25
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Platter – $4.50
Cheese Pizza by the Slice – $3.00


Dinners & Sandwiches include Crispy Fries.
You can choose Oven-Baked Cod or Fried Cod Dinners.

Baked Goods are also available for purchase.

Dinners are served from 4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in the SMI Gym
Order by phone for Carry Out: 815-577-6673

Call from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on the Fish Fry date
Please pick up phone orders by 7:30 p.m.

CREDIT, CASH OR CHECK Payable to Knights of Columbus #5573

CALLING ALL BAKERS!

Do you like to bake? The Friends of the Good Shepherd could use your help with making desserts for the at Fish Fry’s here at St. Mary Immaculate during the Lenten Season.

It is asked that all donated desserts be dropped off before 4pm.

Please make sure when dropping off to let us know your name and if there are any nuts or peanut butter in the product.

We ask that all desserts come in individually wrapped as well.